Improved cherry-stoner



0. L. ROBINSON.

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110.66686. Patented July 16, 1667.v

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Leners Patent No. 66,889, dated July 1o, '1867.

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invented a new and improved Cherry-Stoner; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a iull, clear, and exact description thereof", whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspeciication, in which- Figure 1 is a. side elevation, partly insection, of my improved machine forstoning cherries.

Figxire 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, the plane ofsection being indicated by theline :u x, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

|lhis invention relates to an apparatus in which one horizontalreceivingplate'is employed, which is provided with concave depressionsor countersinlr's, wherein the cherries are held. Each countersinkis'perforated with a hole large enough to allow the cherry-stone to passthrough. Above the receiving-plate is arranged another plate of similardimensions, which is also provided with counter-sinks, so that when itis placed 'upon tho receiving-plate the countersinks in both will formspherical chambers of suicient dimensions that a cherry can .lie in eachchamber without being pressed. From the centre of each countersink inthe upper plate is suspended a punch, which, when the two plates arebrought together, will pass through the cherry'in the counter,-

sink of the receiving plate, and will force the stone through the holein the countersinkof the receiving-plate, while the body of the cherrywill remain in the aforesaid chamber.

A represents a frame, consisting of two upright supports or posts, a a,held on a `horizontal bed, b. A` V-shaped groove is formed on the innerside of each post a, in which corresponding bars, c a, t, which arepartof a v sliding-frame, B. The latter is provided with a,.. verticalrack, d, and the teeth of a toothed segment, e, which-1' is attached toa lever, C, mesh into the teeth of the rack, as is clearly shown iniig. 1. The lever-.C is pi'voted to a stud,f, which projects from thebed b. Thus, by depressing the outer end of the lever C the frame D willbe elevated, and vice versa, the latter being guided and steadied by thegrooves in the uprights a. '.llo the top of the frame B is rmly secureda plate, D, made of wood or iron, or other suitable material, andofhexagonal or other snitable, shape. Being attached to the frame C, 'theplate D will be raised or'lowered by means of the lever C, as mary bedesired, but it cannot move sideways. A number of depressions orcou'ntersilnks, g g, are formed in the plate D, the bottom of each of`which is perforated. Above the plate D is arrangedanother sim; ilarplate, E, which is madeof the same shape as the former, and is providedwith couutersinlrs h'h, which corre spend to those in the plate D insuch a manner that when the faces of the two plates are made to touch,the countersinks willform vertical chambers, as is clearly shown iniig. 1. The plate E is pivoted` by a pin,.1.', to one of the uprights,a, the pin passing through a lug, K, which is formed on the plate, intothe upper surface of the upright. The plato E can thus be swung aroundon thepin z', so as to completely uncover the lplage D. Flanges land oare formed around the plates D and E, respectively, which prevent theirbeingbrought too close together. In each of the countersinks l h issecured a vertical pin, m, which projects downward, and the lower end ofwhich fits through the hole in the corresponding'countersin-k g, whenthe plates D and E are brought together. The lower end of each punch orpin m ismadel concave, ns showniin tig. l. It is 'evident that the plateE maybe made to slide up and down instead of the plate D, Iand theformeror the latterma'y he made to swing in that ease. I The fruit to bestoned is placed into the'countersinks g, the plate AE being swungaround so as to leave the surface of the plate D open or exposed. Thelatter is lowered. The -plateE -isfthen swung around, so us to bedirectly above the plate D, and is locked by a lug, n, attached to E,fitting into a slot in that upright a, which is opposite to the one towhich the plate E is pivoted. The lower plate is then raised towards theplate E by means of the lever C, and the punches m pass through thecentre of the fruit, and hold the stones in the proper direction bymeans of the countersinks in their ends, and force the same through theholes in the countersinks g. The plate D is then again lowered, and thefruit will be found strung upon the punches, and can, after swinging theplate` E around, be swept oil` the punches by any suitable device. Aperforated tin plate, .that operates by means of p ,latch on one 'sideandA n. hinge on the other, when secured to the under surface of theplate E, would best answer the purpose of removing the 'stoned cherriesfrom the" punches.

Be it known that I, O L. ROBINSON, of Owasso, in the county ofShiawassee,-and State of Michigan, have What claim a-s new, amdr desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1'. Driving the stones at onceout of a number of cherries by means of a.series of punches, m, which nre made to pass through the cherrie, thelatter being phiged upon a vdisk or plate, D, which is provided withperforated countersinks, substantially as and for the purpose hereinshown and described.

2. The plates D and E, when marie as described, in combination with thefrana A and lever C, ail made and operating substantially as heroinshown and described.

OSCAR L. ROBINSON.

Witnesse:

J, T, CRANE, CYRUS" PURDY.

